INVITATION
Brownfields are an inherent feature of most, if not all, cities around the globe. They all have a potential contribution to make to the long term success of their city. However, if they are ignored, brownfield sites can become the focus of social and economic problems.
Almost a decade after the first CABERNET conference, the 4th International Conference on Managing Urban Land will celebrate progress, mark lessons learnt and present new insights in how brownfield sites can be part of a vibrant urban environment. We invite contributions that increases our understanding of the complex system that a given city allows private and public decision makers to move forward on a sounder, more predictable basis than before. CABERNET is delighted to be working with friends – old and new – from European Commission 7th Framework funded projects GLOCOM, Greenland, TIMBRE and HOMBRE.
We look forward to welcoming you in Germany’s Frankfurt am Main for three days of sharing inspiration, motivation and validation of experiences from around Europe and beyond.

CONFERENCE KEY TOPICSA. Integrated urban land management and policies
B. Economic, social and environmental instruments for land use management
C. Innovative technologies and management tools for land vitalization
D. Best practice and case studies

PARTICIPANTS
We invite especially scientists, engineers, stakeholders from environmental management (e.g. environment agencies, national and local authorities), brownfield managers, urban managers, spatial planners and site owners, as well as environmental consultants, R&D and manufacturing firms to participate, exchange experiences and learn about new developments. We are certain that you will find something interesting at each time slot, regardless of whether you are new to the field or have been practicing for decades.

CALL FOR POSTERS
We ask for poster abstracts related to the 4 key topics of the conference.

The text of maximum one page, including figures, should explicitly state the objectives, new results and the conclusions or significance of the work.

Please use the abstract template and send your poster abstract to Katja Wendler (wendler@dechema.de). Deadline for submission of your paper is 30th September 2014.

EUR 88,00 (incl. VAT) per night for a single room incl. breakfast.
Reservations at “QGREENHOTEL BY MELIÁ Frankfurt” should be directly made before September 15, 2014 using the following link for booking: http://meetings.melia.com/en/Cabertnet2014.html

EUR 97,32 (incl. VAT) per night for a single room incl. breakfast.
Reservations at “Mercure Hotel & Residenz Frankfurt Messe” should be directly made with the keyword "CABERNET 2014" before September 1, 2014.

Reservations are binding. Charge for rooms which are not used, or cancelled too late, must be paid by the participant.

HOMBRE - Holistic Management of Brownfield Regeneration.
This project has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 265097